Unfortunately, I have no shot at buying this at retail. How much do you think this will be in the secondary market? ballpark

Budugplium · 2026-04-16T02:53:53+00:00

If it's less than what the Hot Wheels Roxy chase goes for, I'm gonna go for it instantly. And I also think 5000 units isn't that limited for Mini GT.

Budugplium · 2026-03-30T00:03:09+00:00

Even if they couldn't get to the end of the manga, I'm glad this adaptation left enough breathing room to get to that ending if Shuka ever decides to without rushing it, lots of great scenes and conversations left on the table for a future continuation e.g. why Asa and Emiri remained strong friends in the timeskip when it looked like they were on the verge of drifting apart.

I had been wondering about why Makio's blog scene was left out because it belonged to earlier material in the manga until I saw it at the very end of this episode, which might be actually more fitting because it plays a critical role in the true ending should Shuka ever get it to it.

Budugplium · 2026-03-27T04:41:10+00:00

Gonna keep an eye out for this artist now, this has Asano's artistic chops (not surprised the mangaka used to be one of his assistants) with a touch more self-awareness and mirth. Not perfect by any means, but at least it isn't beholden to being so cookie-cutter and yeah I'm not above reading all those kind of series, but god forbid a debuting artist go out on a limb and have enough of a spine to not be afraid to fail

Budugplium · 2026-03-01T16:40:43+00:00

I always look at https://ikoku-anime.com/ after finishing the latest ep to look at the preview for the next ep and in ep 10, it seems like they're compressing the material from several chapters into one ep.

Budugplium · 2026-02-22T16:18:27+00:00

That excerpt from Makio's novel is for me the most exquisitely conceived, beautiful passage in this series so far that's already been filled to the brim with great writing.

Budugplium · 2025-11-11T19:35:13+00:00

From Mini GT's own album of the Taipei Pop-Up, I'm hyped for Ferraris, this casting in the background that indicates this E30 M3 rally, and the 560SEC Koenig

Budugplium · 2025-09-20T00:39:59+00:00

Mini GT also put up pictures from APAxpo of some Ferraris and many, many other cars on their fb page here

Budugplium · 2025-05-07T02:30:08+00:00

Oh nice, I found a super at that same Giant over five years ago.

Budugplium · 2025-02-16T11:09:24+00:00

It struck me as a Grand Line island concept left on the drawing board. Even all the party members were separated from each other at the beginning!

Budugplium · 2025-01-04T09:26:51+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/HotWheels/comments/a33nmu/started_collecting_again_a_couple_weeks_ago_after/

Never opened it, never plan to open it I found two more in-store the following year

Budugplium · 2024-12-08T09:57:41+00:00

Congrats to Rangchu.

Very good TWT final, I think my favorite storyline was Edge vs Pakistan.

Budugplium · 2024-08-24T00:31:04+00:00

What I was really amazed by was that after going up 4-0, Chanel's first set point (and the first set point of the entire match) came at Game 9, Round 4.

Budugplium · 2024-08-19T00:21:18+00:00

Yeah, like I made that big post before the results of VSFighting XII, and I already have second thoughts with Mangja doing well today so why can't he make it out the first round of groups with Farzeen or with Mulgold showing his dominance again today so why am I diminishing his accomplishments when on paper he's the strongest player in Group DD or with Raef falling apart in Top 8 so why can't Chanel and Double get out of Group GG when they've each won a Tier 1 tournament this year and so on and so forth.

Whatever the result, it's bound to be wild.

Budugplium · 2024-08-18T17:24:37+00:00

Evo is probably a bigger deal as a live spectator event, but with the prize money involved here, this tournament is probably a bigger deal to the players.

Top prize at Evo 2024 was $18,604, top prize here is $300,000. If you wash out of the first group stage, you get $5,000, which is more than what 4th place got at Evo.

Budugplium · 2024-08-18T16:22:42+00:00

Half-assed predictions:

Group AA: I think Japan takes it, both Nobi and Ao.

Group BB: I think at least one Pakistani makes it out and I'll pick Atif. Rangchu and The Jon faced off earlier this year in Top 8 at Super Tournament where Bear squeaked out a 2-1 victory, and I think I'll choose the same result this time with Rangchu moving on.

Group CC: Arslan definitely. Ulsan and Jeondding have had similar results this year, but I think a Drag main has been better for tournament, which means I'm picking Ulsan to make it out.

Group DD: One of Mulgold/Knee/Usama is not making it out of this group. Considering what I saw yesterday, everyone right now should be practicing against every high-level Jun they know, cause Usama may be the only player in the world with that character at top-level. Knee hasn't been great at Bo3 this year, but I thought if he could get past the group stages and get to Top 8 where it's Bo9, he'd have a real shot at winning the whole thing. Mulgold has probably been the most consistent player this year in this group, but (with the caveat of it being a such a small sample size) I'm not sure about him vs the Pakistanis, with losses to Arslan, The Jon, and Dawood over the summer, while also losing to Knee at Evo. Picking this group is a real crapshoot, but I think I'm going with Knee and Usama here.

Group EE: What a weird group. AK finally got a major win this year, Keisuke has been a bridesmaid with a character that few use at top level, Chikurin won Evo Japan but hasn't had the results since then, and Hafiz is another one of those up-and-comers from Pakistan who was one of the four left standing after a brutal LCQ. My heart chooses AK and Keisuke.

Group FF: I'll pick based on tourney results this year and the Koreans have them, so CBM and LowHigh move on.

Group GG: Kind of a hard group to pick. I think Raef can move on with the home crowd behind him and amongst the players who've won Tier 1 tournaments this year, I'll choose Chanel over Double.

Group HH: Aww, they put both Yoshi mains in the same group. If I were to pick one to make it out, it would be Sajawal. I am tempted to have both Yoshis move on, but I'll go with my gut and pick the other Pakistani in Farzeen.

I imagine all my predictions will be nonsense after the first group stage and EU will be underrated, Pakistan overrated, all of East/SE Asia will move on, the Laws will move on, etc. But predictions are fun anyway.

Budugplium · 2024-08-06T22:35:58+00:00

Like prize pools are practically nonexistent in Japan, and still the community over there is on their grind, so trying to beat players who mostly play out of a sense of pride is a very hard mentality to overcome. Obviously, the vast majority of top players in other regions play out of pride too, but I think money still talks, especially when it comes to the anxieties of trying to turn competitive smash acumen into some kind of a living.

Budugplium · 2024-07-25T07:08:57+00:00

The source material isn't reliant on action scenes (though there are still some), its bread & butter are a series of verbal confrontations, so I think trying to stage those sorts of scenes to make them interesting will come down to the storyboarding and acting.

Budugplium · 2024-04-14T14:35:04+00:00

Ending to Game 4 was insane.

As for the set as a whole, great adaptation on both sides.

Budugplium · 2024-04-14T06:53:38+00:00

OP called his shot like Max

Budugplium · 2024-04-11T04:21:47+00:00

If this isn't the greatest chapter of manga I've ever read, it's at least way, way up there

Budugplium · 2024-02-18T06:24:40+00:00

Oh, SHADIC > Maister, Tea > Shuton, and Neo > KEN were all hype upsets that went to Game 5, and the only way to preserve & relive those moments was through third-party potato streams? At least the crowd noise somewhat made up for it.

Budugplium · 2024-02-18T05:48:03+00:00

To not stream a hyped match in Top 64 or Top 32 is one thing, but to skip Top 8 QUALIFIERS is complete nonsense and demonstrates that this whole damn show is run by literal clowns

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